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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+ 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+
+/**
+ * When use cases present a runtime environment, then they don't want to 
express
+ * that these would provide such, but that these request such, i.e. they 
constrain
+ * lists of potentially eligible queues. 
+ * @author Steffen Moeller
+ * @since 2008
+ */
+public class RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint extends RuntimeEnvironment {
+       
+       private static Logger logger = 
Logger.getLogger(RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint.class);
+
+       private static String[] ACCEPTED_RELATIONS = new String[] {"=", ">=", 
"<=", ">", "<"};
+       /**
+        * If there is no relation specified, presume >=
+        */
+       private static String DEFAULT_RELATION = ">=";
+       
+       public static String[] getAcceptedRelations() {
+               return ACCEPTED_RELATIONS;
+       }
+
+       public static String getDefaultRelation() {
+               return DEFAULT_RELATION;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        *  Identifies the relation between runtime environments to be tested
+        */
+       protected String relation;
+       
+       /**
+        * Accessor function for relation
+        */
+       public String getRelation() {
+               return this.relation;
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Tests of a relation is supported
+        * @param relation
+        * @return true iff in <, > , <=, >=, =
+        */
+       public static boolean acceptedRelation(String relation) {
+               if ((null == relation) || relation.equals("")) {
+                       return false;
+               }
+               return 
relation.equals("=")||relation.equals(">=")||relation.equals("<=")||relation.equals(">")||relation.equals("<");
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Constructor
+        * @param id - expects the name of the runtime environment together 
with the version to which the
+        * @param relation - relates to (">","<","=",">=","<=")
+        */
+       public RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint(String id, String relation) {
+               super(id);
+               if (null == relation || relation.equals("")) {
+                       
relation=RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint.getDefaultRelation();
+               }
+               if (relation.equals("==")) {
+                       relation="=";
+               }
+               else if (relation.equals("=<")) {
+                       relation="<=";
+               }
+               else if 
(!RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint.acceptedRelation(relation)) {
+                       logger.warn("Unknown relation '"+relation+"', presuming 
'"+RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint.getDefaultRelation()+"'");
+                       
relation=RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint.getDefaultRelation();
+               }
+               this.relation=relation;
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Perfoms test if the RuntimeEnvironment (RE) passed as argument 
fulfills the requirements set by the constraint.
+        * @param re - RE to test
+        * @return true iff the RE fulfills this REconstraint.
+        */
+       public boolean isFulfilledBy(RuntimeEnvironment re) {
+               logger.info(re.getID()+" " + this.getRelation() + " 
"+this.getID() + " ?");
+               if (this.getRelation().equals("=")) {
+                       logger.info("=");
+                       return re.getID().equals(this.getID());
+               }
+               if (!re.getName().equals(this.getName())) {
+                       logger.warn("Name match failed");
+                       return false;
+               }
+               int c = 
RuntimeEnvironment.compareVersions(re.getVersion(),this.getVersion());
+               logger.info("c="+c);
+               if (this.getRelation().equals(">")) return c>0;
+               if (this.getRelation().equals(">=")) return c>=0;
+               if (this.getRelation().equals("<=")) return c<=0;
+               if (this.getRelation().equals("<")) return c<0;
+               throw new RuntimeException("Unknown/untreated releation 
'"+this.getRelation()+"'");
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Iterates over all the RuntimeEnvironments passed as argument.
+        * @param REs - list of RuntimeEnvironments, mostly those offered at a 
particular queue
+        * @return true iff any RE among the REs passed as argument are 
fulfilling the constraint
+        */
+       public boolean isFulfilledByAtLeastOneIn(Collection<RuntimeEnvironment> 
REs) {
+               boolean fulfilled = false;
+               Iterator<RuntimeEnvironment> i = REs.iterator();
+               while(i.hasNext() && !fulfilled) {
+                       RuntimeEnvironment r = i.next();
+                       fulfilled = this.isFulfilledBy(r);
+               }
+               return fulfilled;
+       }
+       /**
+        * For testing purposes
+        */
+       public static void main(String argv[]) {
+               try {
+                       if (argv[0].equals("--help") || argv.length != 3) {
+                               logger.error("Expecting arguments (<|>|=|<=|>=) 
runtime1-version runtime2-version");
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint r1 = new 
RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint(argv[1], argv[0]);
+                               RuntimeEnvironment r2 = new 
RuntimeEnvironment(argv[2]);
+                               logger.info("r1.getName(): "+r1.getName());
+                               logger.info("r1.getVersion(): 
"+r1.getVersion());
+                               logger.info("r1.getRelation(): 
"+r1.getRelation());
+                               logger.info("r2.getName(): "+r2.getName());
+                               logger.info("r2.getVersion(): 
"+r2.getVersion());
+                               logger.info("r1.isFulfilledBy(r2): 
"+String.valueOf(r1.isFulfilledBy(r2)));
+                       }
+               }
+               catch (Exception e) {
+                       logger.error(e);
+               }
+       }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.ExternalToolActivity;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationBean;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Integrates inputs to the grid that come from the use case descriptions
+ * with those that are fed through the workflow.
+ *
+ * this class controls name and data storage of one input,
+ * no matter where the data comes from
+ */
+@ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#AbstractScriptInput")
+public abstract class ScriptInput {
+       /**
+        * This input can be referenced under the name 'tag'.
+        */
+       private String tag = null;
+       /**
+        * In most cases, the data will be stored under a specific
+        * filename.
+        */
+       private boolean file = false;
+       /**
+        * Set, if the name of the file to be executed is not
+        * explicitly set but prepared by some automatism and referenced
+        * via the tagging principle.
+        */
+       private boolean tempFile = false;
+       /**
+        * True if (!) the data is binary. (Text otherwise)
+        */
+       private boolean binary = false;
+
+       private String charsetName = Charset.defaultCharset().name();
+       private boolean forceCopy = false;
+
+       /**
+        * @return the tag
+        */
+       public final String getTag() {
+               return tag;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @param tag the tag to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "tag", label = "Tag")
+       public final void setTag(String tag) {
+               this.tag = tag;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @return the file
+        */
+       public final boolean isFile() {
+               return file;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @param file the file to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "file", label = "File")
+       public final void setFile(boolean file) {
+               this.file = file;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @return the tempFile
+        */
+       public final boolean isTempFile() {
+               return tempFile;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @param tempFile the tempFile to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "tempFile", label = "Temporary File")
+       public final void setTempFile(boolean tempFile) {
+               this.tempFile = tempFile;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @return the binary
+        */
+       public final boolean isBinary() {
+               return binary;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @param binary the binary to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "binary", label = "Binary")
+       public final void setBinary(boolean binary) {
+               this.binary = binary;
+       }
+
+       public String getCharsetName() {
+               return this.charsetName;
+       }
+       /**
+        * @param charsetName the charsetName to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "charsetName", label = "Chararter Set")
+       public void setCharsetName(String charsetName) {
+               this.charsetName = charsetName;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "forceCopy", label = "Force Copy")
+       public final void setForceCopy(boolean forceCopy) {
+               this.forceCopy = forceCopy;
+
+       }
+       /**
+        * @return the forceCopy
+        */
+       public boolean isForceCopy() {
+               return forceCopy;
+       }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.ExternalToolActivity;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationBean;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationProperty;
+
+/**
+ * This subclass of script input is used to manage static content
+ * which is embedded into the use case description.
+ */
+@ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#ScriptInputStatic")
+public class ScriptInputStatic extends ScriptInput {
+
+       public ScriptInputStatic() {
+       }
+
+       private String url = null;  //if this is set, load content from remote 
URL
+       private String content = null;
+
+       @Override
+       public String toString() {
+               return "InputStatic[tag: " +
+                       getTag() + (isFile() ? ", file" : "") + (isTempFile() ? 
", tempfile" : "") + (isBinary() ? ", binary" : "") + ", content: " + content + 
"]";
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the url
+        */
+       public final String getUrl() {
+               return url;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param url the url to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "url", label = "URL", required=false)
+       public final void setUrl(String url) {
+               this.url = url;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the content
+        */
+       public final String getContent() {
+               return content;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param content the content to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "content", label = "Content", 
required=false)
+       public final void setContent(String content) {
+               this.content = content;
+       }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.ExternalToolActivity;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationBean;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Internal description of output
+ */
+@ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#ScriptInput")
+public class ScriptInputUser extends ScriptInput {
+
+       /**
+        * This input may be fed from multiple ouputs.
+        */
+       private boolean list = false;
+       /**
+        * True if the data from a list input in taverna is concatenated into 
one single input file.
+        */
+       private boolean concatenate = false;
+
+       private ArrayList<String> mime = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+       @Override
+       public String toString() {
+               return "Input[tag: " + getTag() + (isFile() ? ", file" : "")
+                               + (isTempFile() ? ", tempfile" : "")
+                               + (isBinary() ? ", binary" : "") + (list ? ", 
list" : "")
+                               + (concatenate ? ", concatenate" : "")
+                               + " mime: " + mime.toString() + "]";
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the list
+        */
+       public final boolean isList() {
+               return list;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param list the list to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "list", label = "List")
+       public final void setList(boolean list) {
+               this.list = list;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the concatenate
+        */
+       public final boolean isConcatenate() {
+               return concatenate;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param concatenate the concatenate to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "concatenate", label = "Concatenate")
+       public final void setConcatenate(boolean concatenate) {
+               this.concatenate = concatenate;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the mime
+        */
+       public final ArrayList<String> getMime() {
+               if (mime == null) {
+                       mime = new ArrayList<String>();
+               }
+               return mime;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param mime the mime to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "mime", label = "Mime Types", 
required=false)
+       public final void setMime(ArrayList<String> mime) {
+               this.mime = mime;
+       }
+};

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.ExternalToolActivity;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationBean;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Internal description of input
+ */
+@ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#ScriptOutput")
+public class ScriptOutput {
+       private String path;
+       private boolean binary;
+       private ArrayList<String> mime = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+       @Override
+       public String toString() {
+               return "Output[path: " + path + (binary ? ", binary" : "")
+                               + " mime: " + mime.toString() + "]";
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the path
+        */
+       public final String getPath() {
+               return path;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param path the path to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "path", label = "Path")
+       public final void setPath(String path) {
+               this.path = path;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the binary
+        */
+       public final boolean isBinary() {
+               return binary;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param binary the binary to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "binary", label = "Binary")
+       public final void setBinary(boolean binary) {
+               this.binary = binary;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the mime
+        */
+       public final ArrayList<String> getMime() {
+               if (mime == null) {
+                       mime = new ArrayList<String>();
+               }
+               return mime;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param mime the mime to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "mime", label = "Mime Types", 
required=false)
+       public final void setMime(ArrayList<String> mime) {
+               this.mime = mime;
+       }
+};

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.ExternalToolActivity;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationBean;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationProperty;
+import 
org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.processor.config.ConfigurationProperty.OrderPolicy;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.serialization.DeserializationException;
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.utils.Tools;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.JDOMException;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Class representation of XML-description of UseCases
+ */
+@ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#ToolDescription")
+public class UseCaseDescription {
+
+       private static Logger logger = 
Logger.getLogger(UseCaseDescription.class);
+
+       /**
+        * Identifier for the retrieval of this UseCase in the sharedRepository
+        * database, respectively its XML export.
+        */
+       private String usecaseid = "";
+       /**
+        * Workflow Elements now can get a group identifier. There may be 
subgroups
+        * divided by :
+        */
+       private String group = "";
+       /**
+        * Textual description of the use case itself. This description is very
+        * short to fit on the single line that is prepared for such 
descriptions in
+        * the Taverna workflow element list.
+        */
+       private String description = "";
+       /**
+        * What is actually executed on the shell.
+        */
+       private String command = "";
+
+       /**
+        * Accessor function of command
+        *
+        * @return shell-executable series of commands
+        */
+       public String getCommand() {
+               if (null == command) {
+                       // FIXME: Is this possible?
+                       return "";
+               } else {
+                       return command;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Routine that may be executed as a first check if the program is 
indeed
+        * installed.
+        */
+       private String test_local = null;
+
+       /**
+        * URL of an icon that would help users to recognise the use case
+        */
+       private String icon_url = null;
+
+       private int preparingTimeoutInSeconds = 20 * 60; // 20 minutes
+       private int executionTimeoutInSeconds = 30 * 60; // 30 minutes
+
+       private List<String> tags = new ArrayList<String>();
+       private List<RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint> REs = new 
ArrayList<RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint>();
+       private ArrayList<String> queue_preferred = new ArrayList<String>();
+       private ArrayList<String> queue_deny = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+       private List<ScriptInputStatic> static_inputs = new 
ArrayList<ScriptInputStatic>();
+       private Map<String, ScriptInput> inputs = new HashMap<String, 
ScriptInput>();
+       private Map<String, ScriptOutput> outputs = new HashMap<String, 
ScriptOutput>();
+
+       private boolean includeStdIn = false;
+       private boolean includeStdOut = true;
+       private boolean includeStdErr = true;
+
+       private List<Integer> validReturnCodes = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+       
+       /**
+        * Default constructor to make xstream happy
+        */
+       public UseCaseDescription() {
+               
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Constructor, for special purpose usecases.
+        *
+        * @param usecaseid
+        */
+       public UseCaseDescription(String usecaseid) {
+               this.setUsecaseid(usecaseid);
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Constructor, expects an input stream containing the xml. for 
example, use
+        * getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("..") to load a 
usecase
+        * from your program jar
+        */
+       public UseCaseDescription(InputStream programAsStream) throws 
DeserializationException {
+               SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+               Document doc;
+               try {
+                       doc = builder.build(programAsStream);
+                       programAsStream.close();
+               } catch (JDOMException e) {
+                       throw new DeserializationException("Error deserializing 
usecase", e);
+               } catch (IOException e) {
+                       throw new DeserializationException("Error deserializing 
usecase", e);
+               }
+               readFromXmlElement(doc.getRootElement());
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Constructor, expects an XML-root to dissect.
+        */
+       public UseCaseDescription(Element programNode) throws 
DeserializationException {
+               readFromXmlElement(programNode);
+       }
+
+/**
+ * Produce an XML description of the UseCaseDescription
+ */
+       public Element writeToXMLElement() {
+               Element programNode = new Element("program");
+               programNode.setAttribute("name", getUsecaseid());
+               programNode.setAttribute("description", getDescription());
+               // Always use element version of command
+//             programNode.setAttribute("command", getCommand());
+               Element commandNode = new Element("command");
+               commandNode.addContent(getCommand());
+               programNode.addContent(commandNode);
+               programNode.setAttribute("timeout", 
Integer.toString(getExecutionTimeoutInSeconds()));
+               programNode.setAttribute("preparing_timeout", 
Integer.toString(getPreparingTimeoutInSeconds()));
+               programNode.setAttribute("includeStdIn", 
Boolean.toString(isIncludeStdIn()));
+               programNode.setAttribute("includeStdOut", 
Boolean.toString(isIncludeStdOut()));
+               programNode.setAttribute("includeStdErr", 
Boolean.toString(isIncludeStdErr()));
+               for (ScriptInputStatic si : getStatic_inputs()) {
+                       Element staticNode = new Element("static");
+                       if (si.isBinary()) {
+                               staticNode.setAttribute("binary", "true");
+                       }
+                       if (si.isForceCopy()) {
+                               staticNode.setAttribute("forceCopy", "true");
+                       }
+                       if (si.isFile()) {
+                               Element fileNode = new Element("file");
+                               fileNode.setAttribute("path", si.getTag());
+                               staticNode.addContent(fileNode);
+                       } else if (si.isTempFile()) {
+                               Element tempfileNode = new Element("tempfile");
+                               tempfileNode.setAttribute("tag", si.getTag());
+                               staticNode.addContent(tempfileNode);
+                       } else {
+                               Element replaceNode = new Element("replace");
+                               replaceNode.setAttribute("tag", si.getTag());
+                               staticNode.addContent(replaceNode);
+                       }
+                       if (si.getUrl() != null) {
+                               Element contentNode = new Element("content");
+                               contentNode.setAttribute("url", si.getUrl());
+                               staticNode.addContent(contentNode);
+                       } else {
+                               Element contentNode = new Element("content");
+                               contentNode.addContent((String) 
si.getContent());
+                               staticNode.addContent(contentNode);
+                       }
+                       programNode.addContent(staticNode);
+               }
+               for (Entry<String, ScriptInput> entry : getInputs().entrySet()) 
{
+                       String name = entry.getKey();
+                       ScriptInputUser si = (ScriptInputUser) entry.getValue();
+                       Element inputNode = new Element("input");
+                       inputNode.setAttribute("name", name);
+                       if (si.isBinary()) {
+                               inputNode.setAttribute("binary", "true");
+                       }
+                       if (si.isForceCopy()) {
+                               inputNode.setAttribute("forceCopy", "true");
+                       }
+                       if (si.isConcatenate()) {
+                               inputNode.setAttribute("concatenate", "true");
+                       }
+                       if (si.isList()) {
+                               inputNode.setAttribute("list", "true");
+                       }
+                       if (si.isFile()) {
+                               Element fileNode = new Element("file");
+                               fileNode.setAttribute("path", si.getTag());
+                               inputNode.addContent(fileNode);
+                       } else if (si.isTempFile()) {
+                               Element tempfileNode = new Element("tempfile");
+                               tempfileNode.setAttribute("tag", si.getTag());
+                               inputNode.addContent(tempfileNode);
+                       } else {
+                               Element replaceNode = new Element("replace");
+                               replaceNode.setAttribute("tag", si.getTag());
+                               inputNode.addContent(replaceNode);
+                       }
+                       for (String mime : si.getMime()) {
+                               Element mimeNode = new Element("mime");
+                               mimeNode.setAttribute("type", mime);
+                               inputNode.addContent(mimeNode);
+                       }
+                       programNode.addContent(inputNode);
+               }
+               for (Entry<String, ScriptOutput> entry : 
getOutputs().entrySet()) {
+                       String name = entry.getKey();
+                       ScriptOutput so = entry.getValue();
+                       Element outputNode = new Element("output");
+                       outputNode.setAttribute("name", name);
+                       if (so.isBinary()) {
+                               outputNode.setAttribute("binary", "true");
+                       }
+                       Element fromfileNode = new Element("fromfile");
+                       fromfileNode.setAttribute("path", so.getPath());
+                       outputNode.addContent(fromfileNode);
+                       for (String mime : so.getMime()) {
+                               Element mimeNode = new Element("mime");
+                               mimeNode.setAttribute("type", mime);
+                               outputNode.addContent(mimeNode);
+                       }
+                       programNode.addContent(outputNode);
+               }
+               for (RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint rec : getREs()) {
+                       Element rteNode = new Element("rte");
+                       rteNode.setAttribute("name", rec.getID());
+                       rteNode.setAttribute("relation", rec.getRelation());
+                       programNode.addContent(rteNode);
+               }
+               if ((group != null) && !group.isEmpty()) {
+                       Element groupNode = new Element("group");
+                       groupNode.setAttribute("name", group);
+                       programNode.addContent(groupNode);
+               }
+               if ((test_local != null) && !test_local.isEmpty()) {
+                       Element testNode = new Element("test");
+                       testNode.setAttribute("local", test_local);
+                       programNode.addContent(testNode);
+               }
+               if ((icon_url != null) && !icon_url.isEmpty()) {
+                       Element iconNode = new Element("icon");
+                       iconNode.setAttribute("url", icon_url);
+                       programNode.addContent(iconNode);
+               }
+               if (!getQueue_preferred().isEmpty() || 
!getQueue_deny().isEmpty()) {
+                       Element queueNode = new Element("queue");
+                       for (String url : getQueue_preferred()) {
+                               Element preferredNode = new Element("prefer");
+                               preferredNode.setAttribute("url", url);
+                               queueNode.addContent(preferredNode);
+                       }
+                       for (String url : getQueue_deny()) {
+                               Element denyNode = new Element("deny");
+                               denyNode.setAttribute("url", url);
+                               queueNode.addContent(denyNode);
+                       }
+                       programNode.addContent(queueNode);
+               }
+                       Element validReturnCodesNode = new 
Element("validReturnCodes");
+                       validReturnCodesNode.setAttribute("codes", 
getReturnCodesAsText());
+                       programNode.addContent(validReturnCodesNode);
+
+               return programNode;
+       }
+       /**
+        * Specifies the UseCaseDescription from the root of an XML description
+        * which is accessible online.
+        *
+        * @param programNode
+        * @throws DeserializationException
+        */
+       private void readFromXmlElement(Element programNode) throws 
DeserializationException {
+               if (programNode.getName().compareToIgnoreCase("program") != 0)
+                       throw new DeserializationException("Expected <program>, 
read '" + programNode.getName() + "'");
+
+               setUsecaseid(programNode.getAttributeValue("name"));
+               setDescription(programNode.getAttributeValue("description"));
+               setCommand(programNode.getAttributeValue("command"));
+               String timeoutStr = programNode.getAttributeValue("timeout");
+               if (timeoutStr != null)
+                       
setExecutionTimeoutInSeconds(Integer.parseInt(timeoutStr));
+               timeoutStr = programNode.getAttributeValue("preparing_timeout");
+               if (timeoutStr != null)
+                       
setPreparingTimeoutInSeconds(Integer.parseInt(timeoutStr));
+
+               String includeStdInStr = 
programNode.getAttributeValue("includeStdIn");
+               if (includeStdInStr != null && !includeStdInStr.isEmpty()) {
+                       setIncludeStdIn(includeStdInStr.equals("true"));
+               }
+
+               String includeStdOutStr = 
programNode.getAttributeValue("includeStdOut");
+               if (includeStdOutStr != null && !includeStdOutStr.isEmpty()) {
+                       setIncludeStdOut(includeStdOutStr.equals("true"));
+               }
+
+               String includeStdErrStr = 
programNode.getAttributeValue("includeStdErr");
+               if (includeStdErrStr != null && !includeStdErrStr.isEmpty()) {
+                       setIncludeStdErr(includeStdErrStr.equals("true"));
+               }
+
+               for (Object cur_ob : programNode.getChildren()) {
+                       Element cur = (Element) cur_ob;
+
+                       String name = cur.getAttributeValue("name");
+
+                       String type = cur.getName();
+                       boolean binary = false;
+                       if (null != cur.getAttributeValue("binary") && 
cur.getAttributeValue("binary").equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+                               binary = true;
+                       }
+                       boolean list = false;
+                       if (null != cur.getAttributeValue("list") && 
cur.getAttributeValue("list").equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+                               list = true;
+                       }
+                       boolean concatenate = false;
+                       if (null != cur.getAttributeValue("concatenate") && 
cur.getAttributeValue("concatenate").equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+                               concatenate = true;
+                       }
+                       boolean forceCopy = false;
+                       if (null != cur.getAttributeValue("forceCopy") && 
cur.getAttributeValue("forceCopy").equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+                               forceCopy = true;
+                       }
+
+                       Element inner = null;
+                       String innerType = null, tag = null, path = null;
+                       if (cur.getChildren().size() > 0) {
+                               inner = (Element) cur.getChildren().get(0);
+                               innerType = inner.getName();
+                               tag = inner.getAttributeValue("tag");
+                               path = inner.getAttributeValue("path");
+                       }
+                       // build mime type declaration list
+                       ArrayList<String> mime = new ArrayList<String>();
+                       for (Object child : cur.getChildren()) {
+                               Element curChild = (Element) child;
+                               if 
(curChild.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("mime")) {
+                                       
mime.add(curChild.getAttributeValue("type"));
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("static")) {
+                               ScriptInputStatic si = new ScriptInputStatic();
+                               Element content = cur.getChild("content");
+                               if (content == null)
+                                       throw new 
DeserializationException("FIXME: script tag without embedded content tag");
+                               si.setUrl(content.getAttributeValue("url"));
+                               if (si.getUrl() == null)
+                                       si.setContent(content.getText());
+                               fillInputDescription(si, binary, forceCopy, 
innerType, tag, path);
+                               getStatic_inputs().add(si);
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("input")) {
+                               ScriptInputUser indesc = new ScriptInputUser();
+                               indesc.setList(list);
+                               indesc.setMime(mime);
+                               indesc.setConcatenate(concatenate);
+                               fillInputDescription(indesc, binary, forceCopy, 
innerType, tag, path);
+                               getInputs().put(Tools.sanitiseName(name), 
indesc);
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("output")) {
+                               ScriptOutput outdesc = new ScriptOutput();
+                               outdesc.setMime(mime);
+
+                               boolean ok = true;
+                               if (null == innerType) {
+                                       // don't know what to do
+                                       throw new 
DeserializationException("FIXME: Found null == innerType for output, is this 
the bug?");
+                               } else if 
(innerType.equalsIgnoreCase("fromfile")) {
+                                       outdesc.setPath(path);
+                                       outdesc.setBinary(binary);
+                               } else {
+                                       throw new 
DeserializationException("Problem reading output port: unknown innerType '" + 
innerType + "'");
+                               }
+                               if (ok) {
+                                       
getOutputs().put(Tools.sanitiseName(name), outdesc);
+                               }
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("rte") || 
type.equalsIgnoreCase("re")) {
+                               getREs().add(new 
RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint(name, cur.getAttributeValue("relation")));
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("group")) {
+                               group = name;
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("test")) {
+                               test_local = cur.getAttributeValue("local");
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("icon")) {
+                               icon_url = cur.getAttributeValue("url");
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("queue")) {
+                               for (Object child_ob : cur.getChildren()) {
+                                       Element child = (Element) child_ob;
+                                       if 
(child.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("prefer"))
+                                               
getQueue_preferred().add(child.getAttributeValue("url"));
+                                       else if 
(child.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("deny"))
+                                               
getQueue_deny().add(child.getAttributeValue("url"));
+                                       else
+                                               throw new 
DeserializationException("Error while reading usecase " + this.getUsecaseid() + 
": invalid queue entry");
+                               }
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("command")) {
+                               // i like to have the ability to inject 
complete shell script
+                               // fragments into the use case,
+                               // so this should be replace and should allow 
multiple lines
+                               if ((getCommand() != null) && 
!getCommand().isEmpty()) {
+                                       throw new DeserializationException("You 
have specified both command attribute and command tag.");
+                               }
+                               setCommand(cur.getText());
+                       } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("validReturnCodes")) {
+                                       String codeString = 
cur.getAttributeValue("codes");
+                                       if (codeString != null) {
+                                               
setReturnCodesAsText(codeString);
+                                       }
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               throw new DeserializationException("Unexpected 
and uninterpreted attribute " + type);
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       private void fillInputDescription(ScriptInput fillMe, boolean binary, 
boolean forceCopy, String innerType, String tag, String path) throws 
DeserializationException {
+               fillMe.setBinary(binary);
+               fillMe.setForceCopy(forceCopy);
+               if (null == innerType) {
+                       // don't know what to do
+                       throw new DeserializationException("FIXME: Found null 
== innerType for input, is this the bug?");
+               } else if (innerType.equalsIgnoreCase("replace")) {
+                       fillMe.setTag(tag);
+                       fillMe.setTempFile(false);
+                       fillMe.setFile(false);
+                       getTags().add(tag);
+               } else if (innerType.equalsIgnoreCase("tempfile")) {
+                       fillMe.setTag(tag);
+                       fillMe.setTempFile(true);
+                       fillMe.setFile(false);
+                       getTags().add(tag);
+               } else if (innerType.equalsIgnoreCase("file")) {
+                       fillMe.setTag(path);
+                       fillMe.setTempFile(false);
+                       fillMe.setFile(true);
+               } else {
+                       throw new DeserializationException("Problem reading 
input port: unknown innerType '" + innerType + "'");
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * returns icon that is referenced in use case description
+        */
+       public ImageIcon getImageIcon() {
+               if (null == icon_url) return null;
+               try {
+                       URL u = new URL(icon_url);
+                       return new ImageIcon(u, getUsecaseid());
+               } catch (Exception e) {
+                       logger.error(e);
+                       return null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * String representation of the use case. It also contains interesting
+        * information on the availability of resources in the grid to actually
+        * execute that workflow element.
+        *
+        * @return String
+        */
+       @Override
+       public String toString() {
+               List<String> hlp = new ArrayList<String>();
+               hlp.add("usecaseid: " + getUsecaseid());
+               hlp.add("description: " + getDescription());
+               hlp.add("group: " + group);
+               hlp.add("test: " + test_local);
+               hlp.add("tags: " + getTags());
+               for (Map.Entry<String, ScriptInput> cur : 
getInputs().entrySet()) {
+                       hlp.add(">" + cur.getKey() + ">: " + 
cur.getValue().toString());
+               }
+               for (Map.Entry<String, ScriptOutput> cur : 
getOutputs().entrySet()) {
+                       hlp.add("<" + cur.getKey() + "<: " + 
cur.getValue().toString());
+               }
+               hlp.add("RE: " + getREs().toString());
+               hlp.add("preferred queues: " + getQueue_preferred());
+               hlp.add("denied queues: " + getQueue_deny());
+               String tos = super.toString() + "[";
+               for (int i = 0; i < hlp.size(); i++) {
+                       if (i != 0)
+                               tos += ", ";
+                       tos += hlp.get(i);
+               }
+               return tos + " ]";
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * hajo's test just pass an url or file url to an xml file
+        *
+        * @throws IOException
+        * @throws MalformedURLException
+        * @throws DeserializationException
+        */
+       public static void main(String[] argv) throws MalformedURLException, 
IOException, DeserializationException {
+               UseCaseDescription d = new UseCaseDescription(new 
URL(argv[0]).openStream());
+               logger.info(d.getCommand());
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param command the command to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "command", label = "Command", 
description="What is actually executed on the shell")
+       public void setCommand(String command) {
+               this.command = command;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param description the description to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "description", label = "Description", 
description="Textual description of the tool", required=false, 
uri="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description";)
+       public void setDescription(String description) {
+               this.description = description;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the description
+        */
+       public String getDescription() {
+               return description;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param executionTimeoutInSeconds the executionTimeoutInSeconds to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "executionTimeoutInSeconds", label = 
"Execution Timeout In Seconds")
+       public void setExecutionTimeoutInSeconds(int executionTimeoutInSeconds) 
{
+               this.executionTimeoutInSeconds = executionTimeoutInSeconds;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the executionTimeoutInSeconds
+        */
+       public int getExecutionTimeoutInSeconds() {
+               return executionTimeoutInSeconds;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param inputs the inputs to set
+        */
+       public void setInputs(Map<String, ScriptInput> inputs) {
+               this.inputs = inputs;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "inputs", label = "Inputs", 
required=false)
+       public void setInputs(Set<InputMap> inputs) {
+               if (inputs != null) {
+                       this.inputs = new HashMap<String, ScriptInput>();
+                       for (InputMap inputMap : inputs) {
+                               this.inputs.put(inputMap.getPort(), 
inputMap.getInput());
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       this.inputs = null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the inputs
+        */
+       public Map<String, ScriptInput> getInputs() {
+               if (inputs == null) {
+                       inputs = new HashMap<String, ScriptInput>();
+               }
+               return inputs;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param outputs the outputs to set
+        */
+       public void setOutputs(Map<String, ScriptOutput> outputs) {
+               this.outputs = outputs;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "outputs", label = "Outputs", 
required=false)
+       public void setOutputs(Set<OutputMap> outputs) {
+               if (outputs != null) {
+                       this.outputs = new HashMap<String, ScriptOutput>();
+                       for (OutputMap outputMap : outputs) {
+                               this.outputs.put(outputMap.getPort(), 
outputMap.getOutput());
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       this.outputs = null;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the outputs
+        */
+       public Map<String, ScriptOutput> getOutputs() {
+               if (outputs == null) {
+                       outputs = new HashMap<String, ScriptOutput>();
+               }
+               return outputs;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param preparingTimeoutInSeconds the preparingTimeoutInSeconds to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "preparingTimeoutInSeconds", label = 
"Preparing Timeout In Seconds")
+       public void setPreparingTimeoutInSeconds(int preparingTimeoutInSeconds) 
{
+               this.preparingTimeoutInSeconds = preparingTimeoutInSeconds;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the preparingTimeoutInSeconds
+        */
+       public int getPreparingTimeoutInSeconds() {
+               return preparingTimeoutInSeconds;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param queue_deny the queue_deny to set
+        */
+       public void setQueue_deny(ArrayList<String> queue_deny) {
+               this.queue_deny = queue_deny;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the queue_deny
+        */
+       public ArrayList<String> getQueue_deny() {
+               if (queue_deny == null) {
+                       queue_deny = new ArrayList<String>();
+               }
+               return queue_deny;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param queue_preferred the queue_preferred to set
+        */
+       public void setQueue_preferred(ArrayList<String> queue_preferred) {
+               this.queue_preferred = queue_preferred;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the queue_preferred
+        */
+       public ArrayList<String> getQueue_preferred() {
+               if (queue_preferred == null) {
+                       queue_preferred = new ArrayList<String>();
+               }
+               return queue_preferred;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param rEs the rEs to set
+        */
+       public void setREs(List<RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint> rEs) {
+               REs = rEs;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the rEs
+        */
+       public List<RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint> getREs() {
+               if (REs == null) {
+                       REs = new ArrayList<RuntimeEnvironmentConstraint>();
+               }
+               return REs;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param static_inputs the static_inputs to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "staticInputs", label = "Static Inputs", 
ordering=OrderPolicy.NON_ORDERED, required=false)
+       public void setStatic_inputs(List<ScriptInputStatic> static_inputs) {
+               this.static_inputs = static_inputs;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the static_inputs
+        */
+       public List<ScriptInputStatic> getStatic_inputs() {
+               if (static_inputs == null) {
+                       static_inputs = new ArrayList<ScriptInputStatic>();
+               }
+               return static_inputs;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param tags the tags to set
+        */
+       public void setTags(List<String> tags) {
+               this.tags = tags;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the tags
+        */
+       public List<String> getTags() {
+               if (tags == null) {
+                       tags = new ArrayList<String>();
+               }
+               return tags;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param usecaseid the usecaseid to set
+        */
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "usecaseid", label = "Title", 
uri="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title";, required=false)
+       public void setUsecaseid(String usecaseid) {
+               this.usecaseid = usecaseid;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the usecaseid
+        */
+       public String getUsecaseid() {
+               return usecaseid;
+       }
+
+       public boolean isIncludeStdIn() {
+               return includeStdIn;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "includeStdIn", label = "Include STDIN")
+       public void setIncludeStdIn(boolean includeStdIn) {
+               this.includeStdIn = includeStdIn;
+       }
+
+       public boolean isIncludeStdOut() {
+               return includeStdOut;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "includeStdOut", label = "Include STDOUT")
+       public void setIncludeStdOut(boolean includeStdOut) {
+               this.includeStdOut = includeStdOut;
+       }
+
+       public boolean isIncludeStdErr() {
+               return includeStdErr;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationProperty(name = "includeStdErr", label = "Include STDERR")
+       public void setIncludeStdErr(boolean includeStdErr) {
+               this.includeStdErr = includeStdErr;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the validReturnCodes
+        */
+       public List<Integer> getValidReturnCodes() {
+               if (validReturnCodes == null) {
+                       validReturnCodes = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+               }
+               if (validReturnCodes.isEmpty()) {
+                       validReturnCodes.add(0);
+               }
+               return validReturnCodes;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param validReturnCodes the validReturnCodes to set
+        */
+       public void setValidReturnCodes(List<Integer> validReturnCodes) {
+               this.validReturnCodes = validReturnCodes;
+       }
+
+       public String getReturnCodesAsText() {
+               return StringUtils.join(getValidReturnCodes(), ",");
+       }
+
+       public void setReturnCodesAsText(String text) {
+               if (getValidReturnCodes() == null) {
+                       validReturnCodes = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+               }
+               validReturnCodes.clear();
+               String[] codes = text.split(",");
+               for (String code : codes) {
+                       try {
+                               Integer codeInt = new Integer(code);
+                               if (!validReturnCodes.contains(codeInt)) {
+                                       validReturnCodes.add(codeInt);
+                               }
+                       }
+                       catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                               logger.error(e);
+                       }
+               }
+               if (validReturnCodes.isEmpty()) {
+                       validReturnCodes.add(0);
+               }
+               Collections.sort(validReturnCodes);
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the group
+        */
+       public String getGroup() {
+               return group;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param group the group to set
+        */
+       public void setGroup(String group) {
+               this.group = group;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the icon_url
+        */
+       public String getIcon_url() {
+               return icon_url;
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#OutputMap")
+       public static class OutputMap {
+               private String port;
+
+               private ScriptOutput output;
+
+               public String getPort() {
+                       return port;
+               }
+
+               @ConfigurationProperty(name = "port", label = "Port")
+               public void setPort(String port) {
+                       this.port = port;
+               }
+
+               public ScriptOutput getOutput() {
+                       return output;
+               }
+
+               @ConfigurationProperty(name = "output", label = "Output")
+               public void setOutput(ScriptOutput output) {
+                       this.output = output;
+               }
+       }
+
+       @ConfigurationBean(uri = ExternalToolActivity.URI + "#InputMap")
+       public static class InputMap {
+               private String port;
+
+               private ScriptInputUser input;
+
+               public String getPort() {
+                       return port;
+               }
+
+               @ConfigurationProperty(name = "port", label = "Port")
+               public void setPort(String port) {
+                       this.port = port;
+               }
+
+               public ScriptInputUser getInput() {
+                       return input;
+               }
+
+               @ConfigurationProperty(name = "input", label = "Input")
+               public void setInput(ScriptInputUser input) {
+                       this.input = input;
+               }
+       }
+
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.workflowmodel.serialization.DeserializationException;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.JDOMException;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+
+public class UseCaseEnumeration {
+
+       private static Logger logger = 
Logger.getLogger(UseCaseEnumeration.class);
+
+       public static List<UseCaseDescription> readDescriptionsFromUrl(String 
xmlFileUrl) throws IOException {
+
+               List<UseCaseDescription> ret = new 
ArrayList<UseCaseDescription>();
+               URLConnection con = null;
+               try {
+                       URL url = new URL(xmlFileUrl);
+
+                       con = url.openConnection();
+                       con.setConnectTimeout(4000);
+                       ret = readDescriptionsFromStream(con.getInputStream());
+                       
+               } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                       logger.error("Problem retrieving from " + xmlFileUrl);
+                       logger.error(ioe);
+                       throw ioe;
+               }
+               finally {
+
+               }
+
+               return ret;
+
+       }
+       
+       public static List<UseCaseDescription> 
readDescriptionsFromStream(InputStream is) {
+               
+               List<UseCaseDescription> ret = new 
ArrayList<UseCaseDescription>();
+
+               SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
+               Document doc = null;
+               try {
+                       doc = builder.build(is);
+                       is.close();
+               } catch (JDOMException e1) {
+                       logger.error(e1);
+                       return ret;
+               } catch (IOException e1) {
+                       logger.error(e1);
+                       return ret;
+               } finally {
+                       try {
+                               is.close();
+                       } catch (IOException e) {
+                               logger.error(e);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               Element usecases = doc.getRootElement();
+               for (Object ochild : usecases.getChildren()) {
+                       Element child = (Element) ochild;
+                       if (child.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("program")) {
+                                       try {
+                                               ret.add(new 
UseCaseDescription(child));
+                                       } catch (DeserializationException e) {
+                                               logger.error(e);
+                                       }
+                       }
+               }
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       public static UseCaseDescription readDescriptionFromUrl(
+                       String repositoryUrl, String id) throws IOException {
+               List<UseCaseDescription> descriptions = 
readDescriptionsFromUrl(repositoryUrl);
+               for (UseCaseDescription usecase : descriptions) {
+                       if (usecase.getUsecaseid().equals(id)) {
+                               return usecase;
+                       }
+               }
+               return null;
+       }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.gui;
+
+import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
+
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.invocation.AskUserForPw;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.ssh.SshNode;
+
+public final class AskUserForPwPopup implements AskUserForPw {
+       private SshNode ret;
+       private String pw, pp, kf, us;
+
+       public static String ask(String message, String title) {
+               return (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, message, 
title, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, null, "");
+       }
+
+       public static boolean askYN(String message, String title) {
+               return JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, message, title, 
JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE) == 
JOptionPane.YES_OPTION;
+       }
+
+       public String getPassword() {
+               getUsername();
+               if (pw != null)
+                       return pw;
+               pw = ask("Please enter your password for " + us + " @ " + 
ret.getHost(), us + " @ " + ret.getHost());
+               return pw;
+       }
+
+       public String getPassphrase() {
+               getUsername();
+               if (pp != null)
+                       return pp;
+               pp = ask("Please enter your passphrase for " + kf + " used for 
" + us + " @ " + ret.getHost(), us + " @ " + ret.getHost());
+               return pp;
+       }
+
+       public String getKeyfile() {
+               getUsername();
+               if (kf != null)
+                       return kf;
+               kf = ask("Please enter the keyfile for " + us + " @ " + 
ret.getHost(), us + " @ " + ret.getHost());
+               return kf;
+       }
+
+       public String getUsername() {
+               if (us != null)
+                       return us;
+               us = ask("Please enter the username for " + ret.getHost(), 
"Username for " + ret.getHost());
+               return us;
+       }
+
+       public void setSshNode(SshNode sshNode) {
+               this.ret = sshNode;
+       }
+
+       public void authenticationSucceeded() {
+       }
+}
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.gui;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.swing.JDialog;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+
+public class PleaseWaitDialog extends JDialog {
+       private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+       static PleaseWaitDialog instance = new PleaseWaitDialog();
+
+       public class WaitMessage{
+               public WaitMessage() {
+               }
+               
+               String str;
+               public void set(String newstr) {
+                       synchronized (PleaseWaitDialog.instance) {
+                               if(this.str != null && this.str.equals(newstr)) 
return;
+                               if(this.str != null) messages.remove(this.str);
+                               this.str = newstr;
+                               if(this.str != null) messages.add(this.str);
+                       }
+                       updateDialog();
+               }
+               public void done() {
+                       set(null);
+               }
+       }
+
+       private void updateDialog() {
+               synchronized (PleaseWaitDialog.instance) {
+                       if(messages.size() > 0) this.setVisible(true);
+                       else this.setVisible(false);
+                       String t = "";
+                       for (String  cur : messages) {
+                               t += cur + "<br>";
+                       }
+                       l.setText("<html>"+t+"</html>");
+               }
+       }
+       
+       List<String> messages = new ArrayList<String>();
+       
+       JLabel l;
+       private PleaseWaitDialog() {
+               this.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
+               this.setTitle("Please wait");
+               l = new JLabel("");
+               this.add(l);
+               this.setSize(400, 100);
+       }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.invocation;
+
+public interface AskUserForPw {
+
+       // we will try keyfile first
+       public String getKeyfile();
+       public String getPassphrase();
+
+       // then username+password
+       public String getUsername();
+       public String getPassword();
+
+       public void authenticationSucceeded();
+}
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.invocation;
+
+public class InvocationException extends Exception {
+
+       /**
+        * 
+        */
+       private static final long serialVersionUID = 437316164959631591L;
+
+       public InvocationException(String string) {
+               super(string);
+       }
+       
+       public InvocationException(Exception e) {
+               super(e);
+       }
+
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.invocation;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc.ScriptInput;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc.ScriptInputStatic;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc.ScriptInputUser;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc.UseCaseDescription;
+import org.apache.taverna.invocation.InvocationContext;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.ExternalReferenceSPI;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.Identified;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.IdentifiedList;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.ReferenceService;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.ReferenceServiceException;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.ReferenceSet;
+import org.apache.taverna.reference.T2Reference;
+import 
org.apache.taverna.reference.impl.external.object.InlineByteArrayReferenceBuilder;
+import 
org.apache.taverna.reference.impl.external.object.InlineStringReferenceBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * An abstraction of various forms to bring job using the software that is
+ * referenced as a use case towards their execution.
+ * 
+ * @author Hajo Nils Krabbenhoeft with some contribution by
+ * @author Steffen Moeller
+ */
+public abstract class UseCaseInvocation {
+       
+       private String runId;
+       
+       
+       protected static String getActualOsCommand(String osCommand, String 
pathToOriginal,
+                       String targetName, String pathTarget) {
+                               String actualOsCommand = osCommand;
+                               actualOsCommand = 
actualOsCommand.replace("%%PATH_TO_ORIGINAL%%", pathToOriginal);
+                               actualOsCommand = 
actualOsCommand.replace("%%TARGET_NAME%%", targetName);
+                               actualOsCommand = 
actualOsCommand.replace("%%PATH_TO_TARGET%%", pathTarget);
+                               return actualOsCommand;
+                       }
+
+       protected UseCaseDescription usecase;
+       protected final HashMap<String, String> tags = new HashMap<String, 
String>();
+       protected int nTempFiles = 0;
+       private static int submissionID = 0;
+       protected static InlineByteArrayReferenceBuilder 
inlineByteArrayReferenceBuilder = new InlineByteArrayReferenceBuilder();
+       protected static InlineStringReferenceBuilder 
inlineStringReferenceBuilder = new InlineStringReferenceBuilder();
+       private InvocationContext invocationContext;
+       private boolean retrieveData;
+       
+       /*
+        * get the class of the data we expect for a given input
+        */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public Class getType(String inputName) {
+               if (!usecase.getInputs().containsKey(inputName))
+                       return null;
+               ScriptInputUser input = (ScriptInputUser) 
usecase.getInputs().get(inputName);
+               if (input.isList()) {
+                       if (input.isBinary())
+                               return List.class;
+                       else
+                               return List.class;
+               } else {
+                       if (input.isBinary())
+                               return byte[].class;
+                       else
+                               return String.class;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * get a list of all the input port names
+        */
+       public Set<String> getInputs() {
+               return usecase.getInputs().keySet();
+       }
+
+
+       /*
+        * get a id, incremented with each job. thus, this should be thread-wide
+        * unique
+        */
+       public synchronized int getSubmissionID() {
+               return submissionID++;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * set the data for the input port with given name
+        */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public void setInput(String inputName, ReferenceService 
referenceService, T2Reference t2Reference) throws InvocationException {
+               if (t2Reference == null) {
+                       throw new InvocationException("No input specified for " 
+ inputName);
+               }
+               ScriptInputUser input = (ScriptInputUser) 
usecase.getInputs().get(inputName);
+               if (input.isList()) {
+                       IdentifiedList<T2Reference> listOfReferences = 
(IdentifiedList<T2Reference>) referenceService
+                                       .getListService().getList(t2Reference);
+
+                       if (!input.isConcatenate()) {
+                               // this is a list input (not concatenated)
+                               // so write every element to its own temporary 
file
+                               // and create a filelist file
+
+                               // we need to write the list elements to 
temporary files
+                               ScriptInputUser listElementTemp = new 
ScriptInputUser();
+                               listElementTemp.setBinary(input.isBinary());
+                               listElementTemp.setTempFile(true);
+
+                               String lineEndChar = "\n";
+                               if (!input.isFile() && !input.isTempFile()) {
+                                       lineEndChar = " ";
+                               }
+
+                               String listFileContent = "";
+                               String filenamesFileContent = "";
+                               // create a list of all temp file names
+                               for (T2Reference cur : listOfReferences) {
+                                       String tmp = 
setOneInput(referenceService, cur,
+                                                       listElementTemp);
+                                       listFileContent += tmp + lineEndChar;
+                                       int ind = tmp.lastIndexOf('/');
+                                       if (ind == -1) {
+                                               ind = tmp.lastIndexOf('\\');
+                                       }
+                                       if (ind != -1) {
+                                               tmp = tmp.substring(ind + 1);
+                                       }
+                                       filenamesFileContent += tmp + 
lineEndChar;
+                               }
+
+                               // how do we want the listfile to be stored?
+                               ScriptInputUser listFile = new 
ScriptInputUser();
+                               listFile.setBinary(false); // since its a list 
file
+                               listFile.setFile(input.isFile());
+                               listFile.setTempFile(input.isTempFile());
+                               listFile.setTag(input.getTag());
+                               T2Reference listFileContentReference = 
referenceService
+                                               .register(listFileContent, 0, 
true, invocationContext);
+
+                               tags.put(listFile.getTag(), 
setOneInput(referenceService,
+                                               listFileContentReference, 
listFile));
+
+                               listFile.setTag(input.getTag() + "_NAMES");
+                               T2Reference filenamesFileContentReference = 
referenceService
+                                               .register(filenamesFileContent, 
0, true, null);
+                               tags.put(listFile.getTag(), 
setOneInput(referenceService,
+                                               filenamesFileContentReference, 
listFile));
+                       } else {
+                               try {
+                                       // first, concatenate all data
+                                       if (input.isBinary()) {
+                                               ByteArrayOutputStream 
outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                                               BufferedWriter outputWriter = 
new BufferedWriter(
+                                                               new 
OutputStreamWriter(outputStream));
+                                               for (T2Reference cur : 
listOfReferences) {
+                                                       InputStreamReader 
inputReader = new InputStreamReader(
+                                                                       
getAsStream(referenceService, cur));
+                                                       
IOUtils.copyLarge(inputReader, outputWriter);
+                                                       inputReader.close();
+                                               }
+                                               outputWriter.close();
+                                               T2Reference binaryReference = 
referenceService
+                                                               
.register(outputStream.toByteArray(), 0, true,
+                                                                               
invocationContext);
+                                               tags.put(input.getTag(), 
setOneInput(referenceService,
+                                                               
binaryReference, input));
+                                       } else {
+                                               ByteArrayOutputStream 
outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                                               BufferedWriter outputWriter = 
new BufferedWriter(
+                                                               new 
OutputStreamWriter(outputStream));
+                                               for (T2Reference cur : 
listOfReferences) {
+                                                       InputStreamReader 
inputReader = new InputStreamReader(
+                                                                       
getAsStream(referenceService, cur));
+                                                       
IOUtils.copyLarge(inputReader, outputWriter);
+                                                       outputWriter.write(" ");
+                                                       inputReader.close();
+                                               }
+                                               outputWriter.close();
+                                               T2Reference binaryReference = 
referenceService
+                                                               
.register(outputStream.toByteArray(), 0, true,
+                                                                               
invocationContext);
+                                               tags.put(input.getTag(), 
setOneInput(referenceService,
+                                                               
binaryReference, input));
+                                       }
+                               } catch (IOException e) {
+                                       throw new InvocationException(e);
+                               }
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       tags.put(input.getTag(), setOneInput(referenceService, 
t2Reference,
+                                       input));
+               }
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * submit a grid job and wait for it to finish, then get the result as
+        * on-demand downloads or directly as data (in case of local execution)
+        */
+       public HashMap<String, Object> Submit(ReferenceService 
referenceService) throws InvocationException {
+               submit_generate_job(referenceService);
+               return submit_wait_fetch_results(referenceService);
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * just submit the job. useful if you want to wait for it to finish 
later on
+        * 
+        * Can the statics be made more static?
+        */
+       public void submit_generate_job(ReferenceService referenceService) 
throws InvocationException {
+               for (ScriptInputStatic input : usecase.getStatic_inputs()) {
+                       T2Reference ref;
+                       if (input.getUrl() != null) {
+                               // Does this work OK with binary
+                               try {
+                                       ref = referenceService.register(new 
URL(input.getUrl()), 0, true, null);
+                               } catch (ReferenceServiceException e) {
+                                       throw new InvocationException(e);
+                               } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                                       throw new InvocationException(e);
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               ref = referenceService.register((String) 
input.getContent(), 0, true, null);
+                       }
+                               tags.put(input.getTag(), 
setOneInput(referenceService, ref, input));
+                       
+               }
+               submit_generate_job_inner();
+       }
+
+       protected abstract void submit_generate_job_inner() throws 
InvocationException;
+
+       /*
+        * wait for a submitted job to finish and fetch the results
+        */
+       public abstract HashMap<String, Object> 
submit_wait_fetch_results(ReferenceService referenceService) throws 
InvocationException;
+
+       public abstract String setOneInput(ReferenceService referenceService, 
T2Reference t2Reference, ScriptInput input) throws InvocationException;
+
+       protected InputStream getAsStream(ReferenceService referenceService, 
T2Reference t2Reference) {
+               Identified identified = 
referenceService.resolveIdentifier(t2Reference, null, null);
+               if (identified instanceof ReferenceSet) {
+                       ExternalReferenceSPI ref = ((ReferenceSet) 
identified).getExternalReferences().iterator().next();
+                       return ref.openStream(invocationContext);
+               }
+               return null;
+       }
+
+       public void setContext(InvocationContext context) {
+               this.invocationContext = context;
+               
+       }
+       
+       public InvocationContext getContext() {
+               return this.invocationContext;
+       }
+
+       public abstract void setStdIn(ReferenceService referenceService,
+                       T2Reference t2Reference);
+
+       public abstract void rememberRun(String runId);
+
+       /**
+        * @return the runId
+        */
+       protected String getRunId() {
+               return runId;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param runId the runId to set
+        */
+       protected void setRunId(String runId) {
+               this.runId = runId;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @return the retrieveData
+        */
+       protected boolean isRetrieveData() {
+               return retrieveData;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param retrieveData the retrieveData to set
+        */
+       protected void setRetrieveData(boolean retrieveData) {
+               this.retrieveData = retrieveData;
+       }
+       
+
+}

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b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/ExternalToolLocalInvocationMechanism.java
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--- 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/ExternalToolLocalInvocationMechanism.java
+++ 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/ExternalToolLocalInvocationMechanism.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import 
org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.manager.InvocationMechanism;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jdom.Text;
 
-import 
de.uni_luebeck.inb.knowarc.usecases.invocation.local.LocalUseCaseInvocation;
-
 /**
  * @author alanrw
  *

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diff --git 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationCreator.java
 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationCreator.java
index 8c6234d..c340f0e 100644
--- 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationCreator.java
+++ 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationCreator.java
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.InvocationCreator;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.desc.UseCaseDescription;
+import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.invocation.UseCaseInvocation;
 import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.manager.InvocationMechanism;
 import org.apache.taverna.reference.ReferenceService;
 import org.apache.taverna.reference.T2Reference;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
-import de.uni_luebeck.inb.knowarc.usecases.UseCaseDescription;
-import de.uni_luebeck.inb.knowarc.usecases.invocation.UseCaseInvocation;
-import 
de.uni_luebeck.inb.knowarc.usecases.invocation.local.LocalUseCaseInvocation;
-
 /**
  * @author alanrw
  *

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diff --git 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationPersister.java
 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationPersister.java
index b30a73b..8cc8201 100644
--- 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationPersister.java
+++ 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalInvocationPersister.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.local;
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-import 
de.uni_luebeck.inb.knowarc.usecases.invocation.local.LocalUseCaseInvocation;
 import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.manager.InvocationPersister;
 
 /**

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diff --git 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalMechanismCreator.java
 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalMechanismCreator.java
index b92417c..3f95a2b 100644
--- 
a/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalMechanismCreator.java
+++ 
b/taverna-external-tool-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/externaltool/local/LocalMechanismCreator.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 package org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.local;
 
 import org.jdom.Element;
-
-import 
de.uni_luebeck.inb.knowarc.usecases.invocation.local.LocalUseCaseInvocation;
 import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.manager.InvocationMechanism;
 import org.apache.taverna.activities.externaltool.manager.MechanismCreator;
 

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